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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What past experience caused Alex to feel similar danger?

2. What is the first hint that the Beast is nearby?

3. What attacks Joel Gonzalez?

4. Why does Alex say that fear is good?

5. What is Nadia's advice about mosquitoes?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are the travelers unable to move after their boat disappears?

2. What worries Nadia and Alex about Karakawe's activities?

3. How do the kidnapping People of the Mist treat Alex differently than Nadia?

4. Why does Alex believe that his sister Nicole would agree with Nadia's idea that the Beast should be spoken with?

5. How does Ludovic Leblanc estimate the size of the Indian villages?

6. Why would pistols be of no use in defending against an attack by the People of the Mist?

7. Why do the People of the Mist keep boa constrictors as pets?

8. Why is Nadia convinced that Karakawe is Mauro Carias' co-conspirator?

9. How does Alex help Chief Mokarita?

10. Why are Alex and Nadia not frightened by their encounter with the People of the Mist?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Alex's discovery of the legendary city of gold, El Dorado. How did it turn out to be as expected? How different?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss why metal and many objects of everyday use to Alex such as cell phones, watches, and compasses, are useless in the Amazon jungle.

Essay Topic 3

Describe the character of Ludovic Leblanc in the beginning and at the end of the story. Tell whether you think he actually changed and if so, what brought about the changes.

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